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Quakers have been practicing silent worship and corporate decision-making for almost four hundred years, and we have developed some pretty unfamiliar (to most!) terminology and customs. Is a Quaker concept confusing you? Check out our Quaker Glossary for some provisional (probably) explanations!

Glossary of Terms

Answers to these questions are from New York Yearly Meeting Faith & Practice and the New York Quarterly Meeting Handbook.

Find out more in Faith and Practice, a periodically updated record of practices of the New York Yearly Meeting, and the New York Quarterly Meeting Handbook, a record of the committees and practices of the NYQM.

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